Peperomia japonica Makino is a plant in the Piperaceae family, order Piperales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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🌿 Plantae

Peperomia japonica Makino

Peperomia japonica Makino

Peperomia japonica is a flowering plant in the Piperaceae family native to parts of East Asia.

Family
Genus
Peperomia
Order
Piperales
Class
Magnoliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Peperomia japonica Makino

Peperomia japonica Makino is a species of flowering plant that belongs to the Piperaceae family. The native range of this species covers South-Central China, Southeast China, Japan, Nansei-shoto, and Taiwan.

Photo: (c) Kinmatsu Lin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Kinmatsu Lin · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Piperales Piperaceae Peperomia

More from Piperaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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